By Simran Jayasinghe
The last day of our trip! We were heading back home! The plan was to drive from Phoenix to our home in San Diego without making any stops, about a six to eight hour drive. We helped our parents pack the van and made sure that we had not left anything in the hotel room. We were sad to leave but were happy to be coming back home.
We drove on Interstate 10 West, along the way, we stopped at Quartzite to get gas. We stopped at the same gas station we had stopped, 11 days ago, when we were starting our trip! When we got to Palm Springs, we stopped at the Cabazon Outlet shops to stretch our legs, and to see if there were any after Christmas sales still going on. We found some really nice rain jackets at reasonable prices at the Columbia outlet store. After having some lunch at the food court, we headed back on the road. We cut across from Interstate 10 to Interstate 15 (South) by taking state Route 79. It was a long drive, and we got to our house at about 6:00 in the evening. We were all very tired, but it was great to be back home after a most enjoyable vacation.